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The Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 2046Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 September 2046370,105 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 5, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
370,105 km229,973 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2046 is on Saturday, September 15, 2046 at 06:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 31, 2046 at 18:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 31, 204618:25
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 7, 204609:07

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Wednesday, September 5, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 31, 2046 to the new moon of September 30, 2046, a cycle of 29.33 days.